Clothes-rack.



PATENTED JULY 28, 1907.

A. J. KEEGAN.

' CLOTHES RACK.

APPLICATION FILED M AB..13, 1907.

supporting arm are shown, the lllllllllt Unrrnn strata AUSTIN JAMES I EE(}1 or RYAN, IOWA.

CLOTHE S-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented July 23, 1907.

Application tiled arc 13,1907. Serial No. 362,203.

'.\ly present invention relates to improvements in clothes racks. and it has for its object to provide a device of this character ha \lllfJ a series of setsof supportin; arms, the different sets of the series being pivot-ally mounted relatively t their supporting standard in order that one or more s ts of the series may be arranged cit her in operative or inoperative positioiu the arms of each set being so mounted as to operate simultaneously, and adjustable relativehv to one another in a horizontal plane, the supporting arms when t'Xieli lUtl and spread serving to receive and support a considerable number of articles, the distribution of the arms being such that ample stability is insuredv and when the arms are folded and moved to inoperative position, the device is very compact and may be very conveniently packed or stored within a small space. V

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the various novel arrangrmients and combinations of parts. ln-rcinaiter more fully described, and set forth particular in the appended claims.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l is a perspcc live view of a clothes rack constructed in accordance wit it my pr s nt invention. some of the sets of supporting arms being shown in operative position while others ar in an inoperativ position. Fig. 2 is a detail View part I in section showing the means for mounting each H-l of support in arms.

'orrr-sponding part in the several figures are indicaled throughout by similar characters of reference.

' The clothes rack shown in the present embodiment a n'standard l provided with of my invention eompri suitably arranged legs 2 for affording sufficient stability to the rack when it rests on a floor. ll1e top of the standard is provided with a horizontal platform 3 on whi h the supporting arms are mounted the latter, in the pres nt instance being arranged in sets and embodying snbstant ially rigid bars A} composed of wood or other appropriate material and having apertures at their rear ends to receive pivot screws ti, the latter ex- Iend ng into the member 7 which serves to pivotally in the pres nt instance, four is of ,r 7 carrying anged in rectangular relation on support the bars.

tin-st: arms being the uppersuriaecol' the platform Ii, the endsof the members being mill-red at 15, inorder to permit. them to lit closely t ,gcther when the supporting arms are in open ative po iti n. Each of these members is pivotally attached to the platform in a manner that will permit tllesllpp l'tlllg arms to occupycit her a \ertical or a hori- '/.ontal position, a. hinge E) of any desired lorm being employed in the present instance, one member of the hinge being attached to the upper surface of the platform and the other member thereof being secured to the surface of the member 7 opposite to that on which the supporting arms are mounted, the hinge permitting the member 7 to occupy a position with its flat sides either parallel or perpendicular to the plane of the platform.

in order to limit the closing movement of the supporting arms, the member 7 is spaced inwardly from the edges of the platform and those edges of the membcrs adjacent to the hinge areadapted to cooper-at c with the upper surface of the platform, thereby limiting the turning movement of the member toward a closed position, the movement of the members toward opened position being limited by the engigement of the under surfaces of the members of the upper surface of the platform.

On the upper surface of the platform and arranged preferably in the center thereol' is a block it) preferably of such a thickness that it will lie flush with the members carrying the supporting arms when the latter are in open or extended position, the block fitting between these members and forming a support for the catches which hold the supporting bars in operative position. These catches embody, in the present instance, a set of buttons 11 secured to the screws or pivots 12 to swing in a plane parallel to the surface of the block and movable into and out of the path of the respective members carrying the supporting arms, these buttons being turned over the upper surfaces of the members carrying the supporting arms after the latter have operative position.

A clothes rack constructed in accordance with my present invention may be manufactured to small cost. and sold at a small price, and in use it is capable of receiving a great number of clothes or articl +1, the arrangement of the arms beine, such that the weight of the clothes or other articles will balance and thereby insure the requisite stability, the arrangement of the supportin arms in sets enabling the device to be adjusted for dil rrent capa 'es and to accommmlatc the rack to the quarters wherein it is located. When it is employed for supporting linen during drying, the distrilnltion of the supporting arms is such that a free circulation of air may laltc place between the different articles so that the operation is expedited What is claimed i 1, In a clothes rack. the combination with a standard having a platform thereon. of :1 series of members having their lower uter edges pivotcdio the upper side of the plull'ol m at a point removed from its corresponding edges, :1 set, ot' clothes supporting;- arms pivotally mounted on the upper side oi -h member, the outer side of each member being arrange to cooperate with the upper side oi the platform to limit the movement of the arms from a horizontal position downwardly to a vertical position, and a catch for each memher for retaining its respective arms in operative position.

been moved to In 2t clothes ruck, the combination with'a standard hav g a platform thereon, of a series of members huvin their lower outer edges pivoted to the upper side 0.? the platform'zit a point removed from its corresponding ed a set of clolllessupporting arms pivotzilly mounted on i110 upper side of ezieh member, the outer side of each member being arranged to coiipernte with the upper side of the platform to limit the movement: of the arms. from n hori' Zontnl position downwm-dly to a vertical llOSlLiOn, :1 e111 1 support mounted on the upper side of the platform and :1 set ei catches pivoted to turn thereen in a plane pnrztilel to the platform and in operating; with the inner ends of the respective members for locking them in operative positien.

'3. in :1 (*luthes rnel-z, the combination with :1 statulhxrd. and n polygon-shaped platform arranged thereon, e1 :1 set of-members (ml-responding in number to the sides of platform'uml mounted on axes arranged parallel to the re speetn'e edges 01' the platform, supporting nrms enrr by said membels. a enlvh supporting block fastened on the phlil'urm in the spnve between the said memlie and hming'its upper surfare lying in sub: t'nutiflll v the same plane as the upper surfaces of said members when the support arms, in horizontal position, and catehes pivoted on the upper surface of said block, 'and eofipernting .indepenfie with the respective members.

i. cletlies rack, the combination with a suitable .ltlili d lmving' a phitt'orm mountedthereon, of a member marryingthe supporting arms, a hinge having one part :ittrwhed to l that .l claim the for min as my own" I film-d my signature in the presence of two lea-tin upper snrinee oi. the iiatfor-m audits other 

